While the bottom has not yet fallen out on private line expenditures (US businesses spent roughly $23 billion on private line services in 2003, up about 4 percent), the high-tech market research firm expects that growth will stagnate in the near term, with this market facing an eventual and pronounced decline in the long term.

He oversaw the development and operations of Scient's largest business unit focused on Fortune 500 clients and managed $100 million business units with 50 consultants and key internal and market facing processes including project management with clients including Hewitt Associates and Johnson & Johnson.

Robert Anestis, FECI's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "With EPIK's Southeast network nearly complete and the telecommunications market facing continued uncertainty, we have aligned EPIK's resources to grow the business more effectively and efficiently.

Accused companies claimed that the plunge in Alaskan salmon prices was a matter of simple market forces, with wild salmon from the region that once dominated the international market facing competition from cheaper farmed salmon from Chile, Canada and Norway.

The consolidation means that both companies will survive and be better prepared for the tough advertising market facing black and urban-oriented radio," says Ken Smikle, president of the Chicago-based African-American Marketing and Media Association.

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